{"product_id":"spilling-the-chai-poems-about-family-food-paperback","title":"Spilling the Chai: Poems about Family \u0026 Food - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeneffa Jahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpilling the Chai: Poems about Family and Food\u003c\/i\u003e takes us to the most intimate room of the house and the most ritualized moments of a family to explore what goes into the making and unmaking of a life-one in which we each must choose which spices to carry with us and which to discard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more information, please visit www.geneffajahan.com\u003cbr\u003eTo book readings and workshops, email SpillwithGeneffa@gmail.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneffa Jahan's \u003ci\u003eSpilling the Chai\u003c\/i\u003e is rich and aromatic, with a sharp bite. It's about ritual and realization, about places where everything's \"measured by hand and learned by heart.\" With linguistic flare, and a sure sense of story, these poems leave a haunting-and haunted-aftertaste. Despite hardships endured, these are offerings of love. Take. Eat. Khuda Hafiz!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- David Allen Sullivan, former poet laureate of Santa Cruz County, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalifornia. \u003ci\u003eSeed Shell Ash, Salt Pruning, Black Butterflies Over Baghdad, Strong-Armed Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gorgeous poetry collection, Geneffa Jahan \"spills the chai not to cause harm but to clear things up...\" daring to write about forbidden topics such as domestic violence and mental illness, and how an entire family is impacted.. With tears, laughter, and jolts of pain, this collection will feed you-gorge yourself on this poetry, but you'll be left hungry for more from Geneffa Jahan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Carla Rachel Sameth, former co-poet laureate of Altadena, Poet Laureate Fellow with Academy of American Poets, and author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Left\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSavor this moving collection of poems delivered with ample love, spice, and pain that's so deeply felt between tongues- \u003ci\u003eSpilling the Chai\u003c\/i\u003e will warm your soul and make you consider all that your heart keeps and releases in a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Ignatius Valentine Aloysius, author of the novel \u003ci\u003eFishhead. Republic of Want\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming collaborative poetry collection \u003ci\u003eSalt Pruning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving lived in India as a stranger, I appreciate \u003ci\u003eSpilling the Chai\u003c\/i\u003e's suspension between cultures, navigating a tightrope stretching from Surrey to Kampala to Gujarat-savoring the spices and spaces, skirting the pain, and buoyed by the dizzying richness of a diasporic world that transcends time and distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Shizue Seigel, founder\/ director of Write Now! SF Bay. Editor of \u003ci\u003eUncommon Ground: BIPOC Journey to Creative Activism \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Essential Truths: The Bay Area in Color\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773673079072,"sku":"9781954901025","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3fd307d30f0880ba1c79f8cb11b4e861_631949a9-fe2a-413f-8177-5428ac70fcc7.webp?v=1780430307","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spilling-the-chai-poems-about-family-food-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}